I've recently made several major updates to my "Kitchen Sink" pre-commit hook that I know quite a few of you have used. The whole hook has been completely rewritten from scratch in order to make it easier to maintain. There are several changes that I've incorporated based upon a few requests:
* The biggest change is that the control.ini file can now be stored right in the repository instead of the hook directory of the repository. This means you no longer have to sign onto the Subversion repository server in order to maintain the file. Simply check it out, and make your changes. This is a big relief for those who don't have direct access to your repository servers. As a bonus (and another request), you can now track the changes to the control file. Who made them, when, and why. I'm currently working on a parser that will verify the control file to prevent you from checking in a bad one. * The hook can now use groups from your Windows Active Directory or your LDAP server instead of manually defining the groups in the control file. This means less maintenance. Plus, it is no longer your headache when a developer leaves one group and goes to another. That's now your System Administrator's job. * Along with the standard three permissions "read-only", "read-write", and "add-only" are "no-delete" and "no-add". The hook is now available via GitHub at https://github.com/qazwart/SVN-Precommit-Kitchen-Sink-Hook. Yes, it's a bit ironic, but it's easier to get to than my old Public Dropbox. Please download the latest copy and let me know if there are any more suggestions. -- David Weintraub qazw...@gmail.com
